Gas-producer.



PATBNTBD AUG 4, 1903,.

' No-l 735,493.

J. W. GAYNBR.

Y GAS PRODUCER. APPLIGATIoN FILED SEPT. 1s, 1902.

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NITED .STATES Patented August 4, 1903; A

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WILLIAMGAUYNER, OF SALEM, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR` TO AMERI- CAN PRODUCERTGASJFURNAOE COMPANY, A CORPORATION `OE NEW JERSEY.

GAS-PRODUCER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters lPatent N o. 735,493, dated August 4, 1903.

Application filed September 18, 1902. Serial No. 1235810. (No model) To a/ZZ 'whom it info/y concern:

Be it known that I`, JOHN WILLIAM GAY- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Salem, State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Gas-Producers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of improvements in gas-producers and conduits for leading the Io gas therefrom, the object being to provide a construction by which the soot and accumu lation can be removed from the conduit without shutting down Vthe `gas-producer and also for permitting this to be done in an expedi- I5 tions manner without regard to the lengt-h of the conduit. i

My invention further' consists of details of construction, as will be hereinafter specifically described and claimed. zo Figure l represents a vertical section of a portion of a gas-'producerand a conduit constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2represents a horizontal section thereof, taken on .the line ma. 2 5 Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a gas producer, and B the cond-uit leading therefrom,the latter being of that class known 3o as overhead conduits.

In United States Letters Patent No. 645,719, granted to me on VMarch 20, 1900, I have shown means forremoving the accumulations from the conduit of a gas-producer without 35 shutting down the latter; but it will be understood that where the gas must be led some distance to the place of consumption it is not practical to manipulate a hoe with a handle,

of the length required to reach all parts of 4o the conduit, and to overcome this difficulty I have in the present case devised an offset conduit which `consists of angular sections, by whichthe length of each section is reduced, so as to make it practical to manipulate the hoes throughout the entire'length thereof.

Inan overhead system of the kind illustratedthe outlet-pipe() from the gas-producer extends a short distance to where it joins the upright pipe D, which communi- 5o cates at its upper end with the conduit proper,

B. This conduit proper, B, consists of paral- Alel longitudinal sections E,.that rare joined *at their ends by transverse sections F. Thus the ends of the longitudinalsections E are free and unobstructed, so thatA the hoes or Scrapers G, whose handles extend through openings in the ends of theV sections E, can be manipulated. At the end of each transverse section F is also an opening through which the handles of hoes H extend, so that the accumulations in the transverse sections may be moved into the longitudinal sections. About midway between each ofthe longitudinal sections and in the bottoni thereof is a compartment or chamber J, in which are placed two valves K and L one above the other. The pipe C, leading` from the gas-producer, is also provided at its vouter end and below thelower end of the upright pipe D with a chamber J, having valves Kand L, and in 7o the outer end of this pipe O is an opening `through which the handle of hoe M extends.

At the upper end of theupright pipe D is auopening through which the handle of hoe 4N extends. 75

The operation is as follows: When it is desired to clean out the conduit, the upper 'valves K are lirst opened. Hoes M and N are manipulated to convey the soot from the pipes O and D into `the chamber J, while the 8o hoes G and H are manipulated to convey the soot in the main conduit into the chambers connected therewith. The soot falls upon the lower valve L, and when the conduits are cleaned the upper valves K are closed and the lower valves L'opened, which permits the removal ofthe soot.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A conduit for conveying gas from gasproducers, consisting of longitudinal sections connected at their adjacent ends by transverse sections, said sections being provided with outlet-openings, and independentimeans in said sections for conveying the accumulations therein to said outlet-openings: A

2. A conduit for conveying gas from gasproducers, consisting of longitudinal sections connected at their adjacent ends by transioo producers, consisting of longitudinal sections connected at their adjacent ends by trans- I5 verse sections, outlet-openings in said longitudinal sections, openings in the ends of each of said longitudinal and transverse sections, and Scrapers situated in said sections and provided with handles extending through zo said openings.

J. WILLIAM GAYNER.

Witnesses:

S. L. RICHMOND, E. J. RICHMOND. 

